THE " TANIWHA."

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3748, 6 October 1886, Page 3

THE " TANIWHA."

(By Telegraph.) Auckland, Oct. 5. Tho Herald continues to publish alarmist reports of tin alleged monstrous saurian reptile, seen m a creek near Hamilton. This morning, it states, on tho authority of ono of the masters of the Auckland Grammar School, that a creature, something like the sea serpent, wns seen swimming up tho Waikato river, lashing the river with its tail, which Bcemed to furnish locomotive and guiding ' power. The natives allege that it is tho " taniwhn," but the Herald inclines to beliove that it is an alligator. Two tourists saw a monster with a head like an alligator m tho Waikato river, nearly a fortnight ago, and a year ago, about the same ppot, a native girl ■was found dead m the Btream m that vicinity with the flesh stripped from one arm. The general opinion is that it is the " taniwha," or m other words a myth. Later. Further reports haTe been rccoived to the effect that a creature resembling an alligator has been seen m a creek near Hamilton.